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English Dictionary: unilateral by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unilateral
adj
  1. involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision"
    Synonym(s): unilateral, one-sided
    Antonym(s): many-sided, multilateral
  2. tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unilateral \U`ni*lat"er*al\, a. [Uni- + lateral: cf. F.
      unilat[82]ral.]
      1. Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.
  
      2. (Biol.) Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a
            unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one
            side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side.
  
      {Unilateral contract} (Law), a contract or engagement
            requiring future action only by one party.
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